[time-nuts] HP 3586B Selective Level Meter

[Lester Veenstra]

The problem with them as a general HF receiver is the input is too
sensitive, so that when presented with .001 t0 32 MHz it overloads and you
get noise floor dominated by intermods.  Put a bandpass in front. And all
should be good.


Lester B Veenstra  MØYCM K1YCM W8YCM
lester at veenstras.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
Behalf Of Peter Gottlieb
Sent: 19 July 2012 09:22
To: time-nuts at febo.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP 3586B Selective Level Meter

    If their AGC was better they would also make reasonable high
   sensitivity receivers.
   You are right; it is amazing to see how far off some broadcast carriers
   really are.
   Peter


   On 07/19/12, Lester Veenstra<Lester at veenstras.com> wrote:

   Hi Chuck
   I have number of these Make great precision receivers
   Use it on the Thunderbolt, and turn on the 0.1 Hz counter to see if WWF
   is
   on freq. HI
   More interesting game is to look at foreign broadcast carriers to see
   who
   are running professional plants locked to a standard, and who are the
   cheap
   outfits that somewhere the right freq.
   73
   Les
   Lester B Veenstra MA~YCM K1YCM W8YCM
   [1]lester at veenstras.com
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   From: [2]time-nuts-bounces at febo.com
   [[3]mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
   Behalf Of Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
   Sent: 19 July 2012 02:22
   To: time-nuts
   Subject: [time-nuts] HP 3586B Selective Level Meter
   Got one of these massive (by today's standards) beasts the other day.
   It has the option 003. Quite the light show when it powers up.
   I have its external reference daisy chained with a radio and two other
   instruments sucking 10 MHz from my Thunderbolt.
   I have not decided what to do with the AT&T front panel input.
   Should I get a BNC adapter for it? Or replace it with a BNC
   connector?
   --
   Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R [4]caf at omen.com [5]www.omen.com
   Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
   Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software"
   10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 503-614-0430
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